Calendar



T. T. MARTIN. CALENDAR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC- 30, 1920- 1,385,140, Patented July 19, 1921. .1.3022 UNITED STATES THOMAS '1. MARTIN, 0F MOBILE, ALABAMA.

CALENDAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 19, 1921.

Application filed December 30, 1920. Serial No. 434,069.

To all whom it may coaoem: 7

Be it known that I, THOMAS T. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mobile, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Calendars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to calendars and. has for its object theprovision of a simple and inexpensive calendar which may be readilymanipulated to change the calendar displayed to correspond with thecurrent month and also to change advertisements displayed upon the faceof the calendar.

The invention is illustrated in the accomanying drawings and will behereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a calendar embodyingmy present improvements;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same:

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional elevation of a portion of therear side of the calendar.

In carrying out the invention, I employ a frame which may be of anydesired construction and will preferably be a sheet of stout cardboard,indicated at 1, having a plurality of openings 2 formed there-through. Asuspension device 3 of any preferred form will be provided at the upperend of the frame so that the calendar may be hung upon awall orotherwise displayed. Upon the back of the frame or sheet 1, I providevertical cleats l constituting guides for a backing strip or sheet 5 andthe lower ends of these cleats are closed, as shown at 6, to be engagedby shoulders 7 formed on the edges of the backing sheet whereby the saidsheet will be supported and prevented from dropping from the frame, itbeing under stood, of course, that the upper ends of the cleats are opento facilitate the lnsertion of the backing sheet. This backing sheet maybe of thin cardboard or any other light inexpensive material havingsufficient stiffness to properly support the calendar display sheet andhold the same smooth across the rear sides of the openings 2 in theframe.

In the present drawmg, I have illustrated four openings 2 through theframe, the uppermost opening being intended for the display of anadvertisement which may be suitable to the season defined by the datesdisplayed through the lower openings and it Wlll be understood that,while the illustrated form of the invention shows the dates for threemonths exposed, it is entirely within the range of the invention todisplay a greater number of months or a lesser number. A slot 8 isformed in the frame between the uppermost opening 2 and the openinglmmediately below it and upon the faceof the frame over the said slot isa housing 9. The calendar or display sheet 10 is preferably a strip ofpaper furnished in a roll, as lndlcated at 11, which may be convenientlyhoused within the casing 9 with one end inserted through the slot 8, asclearly shown in Fig. 2. From the slot 8, the strip 10 is carriedupwardly across the rear side of the uppermost opening 2 and thendoubled upon itself around a guide or tension rod 12 disposed upon theback of the frame 1 within a recess 1.3 provided therefor. From theguide or tension rod 12, the strip 10 depends through the space betweenthe back of the frame and the backing sheet 5 to the lower end of theframe so as to be visible through the lower openings 2, as clearly shownin 1 1g. 2 and as will be readily understood. The monthly dates areprinted upon one face of the strip 1.0, while upon the opposite face ofsaid strip advertisements: are printed and it will be readily seen thatwhen the strip is carried upwardly past the top opening 2 anadvertisement will be displayed through said opening and the doubling ofthe strip upon itself around the tension rod 12 causes its reverse sideto become its obverse and, therefore, display the monthly dates throughthe lower openings 2. As each month expires the strip may be drawndownwardly so that that portion thereof having printed thereon the datesfor the expired month may be removed, and this shifting of the stripwill obviously cause an additional length thereof to unwind from theroll 11 and bring another advertisement into view through the topopening 2. To facilitate the separation of so much of the strip as hasbecome obsolete, a blade 14 is secured across the rear face of the frame1 at the lower end thereof whereby the withdrawn portion of the stripmay be severed therefrom in an obvious manner.

The frame 1 may have its face ornamented in any desired manner and athermometer, a barometer, or other relevant dethe used vice may beafiixed thereto, ifdesired. The device is exceedingly simple and may beeasily manipulated to display the correct dates of the current month andit may be used indefinitely inasmuch as it is necessary merely to renewthe display strip at the end of a year or a series of years for whichstrip was provided. The backing strip may be easily removed by merelywithdrawing it through the upper ends of the cleats or guides 4 and theslot 8 and tension rod 12 will thereby become accessible so that theproper threading of the new strip into place may be readilyaccomplished.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a calendar, the combination with a frame sheet having a pluralityof display openings therein and a slot between two of the openings, adisplay strip bearing a11- nouncements upon both its faces, means forsupporting an inactive portion of said strip upon the frame sheet, andmeans whereby said strip may be carried through said slot and past thedisplay openings and portions of its opposite faces viewed through saidopenings.

2. A calendar comprising a frame sheet having a plurality of displayopenings therein, a display strip bearing announcements upon itsopposite faces, means for supporting an inactive portion of said stripupon the frame sheet between two of said openings, means whereby thestrip may be carried past all the openings and portions of its oppositefaces viewed through the respective openings, and tension means upon theframe sheet engaged by the display strip, said tension means causing theopposite faces of the strip to be brought into display position.

3. In a calendar, the combination of a frame having a plurality ofdisplay openings therein and having a slot formed therethrough betweentwo of said openings, means for supporting a rolled portion of a displaystrip upon one side of the frame over the said slot, a display striphaving its inactive portion rolled and housed within said supportingmeans with its active portion extending throughthe said slot, and atension device upon the frame above the uppermost opening, the displaystrip having announcements upon both faces and being extended from theslot up to and over said tension device and then from said tensiondevice to the lower end of the frame.

4:. In a calendar, the combination of a frame having a plurality ofdisplay openings therein, guides on the rear side of the opening havingclosed lower ends, a display strip having announcements on both itsfaces, means whereby said strip may be sup ported upon the frame withportions tending across the openings therein to permit portions of itsopposite faces to be viewed through the openings, a backing sheet fittedin the guides and provided at its lower ends with shoulders engaging theclosed lower ends of the guides whereby to be supported, said backingsheet holding the display strip to the openings in the frame, and meansat the lower end of the frame for severing a portion of the strip.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

THOMAS T. MARTIN. [n s]

